Combined monkey-wrench, pipe-wrench, and bolt-holder.



PATEN TED J ULY 31, 1906.

. Ty MILLS, COMBINED MONKEY WRENCH, PIPE WRENCH, AND BOLT HOLDER.

APPLIOATIOIi FILED APR. 5.1906.

In: NORRIS Pz-rtns cm, WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT." oinnon.

JARED MILLS, or vr LisoA, IOWA. 'dM'B'fNED Mo NK'E'wwfiEN H, PIPE-WRENCH, AND BoLT-HoLDEFiL- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ARED MILLs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Villisca, in the county of Montgomery and State of Iowa,

have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in a Combined Monkey wrench,

' er; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is partly an elevation and partly a sectional View of my improved monkey-wrench, pipewrench, and bolt-holder; and Fig. 2 is an elevation at right anglesto'Fig. 1 and showing the bolt-holding points.

The fixed jaw 1 is provided with ahandle 2, which is provided at the end having the jaw with a socket 3 of oblong form in cross-section. Said handle also has a longitudinal bore 4, which extends therethrough and com-- municates with the socket 3. A removable j aw 5 has a shank 6 adapted to enter the socket 3 of the handle 2, said shank and socket coacting to prevent the jaw 5 from turning. An adjustable rod 7, which is here shown as a bolt, extends longitudinally through the stem 6, and alsothrough the jaw 5, and proj ects from the stem 6 a suflicient distance to pass through the bore 4 and to project beyond the outer end of the handle 2. Said projecting end of the adjustable rod or bolt is secured thereto and is engaged by a nut 8, which is provided with oppositely-projecting finger-pieces 9, whereby it may be readily turned. A washer 10 on the adjustable rod or bolt bears between the outer end of the handle 2 and the inner side of the nut. ends 11 of the jaws 1 5'are foruse'for the purposes of an ordinary monkey-wrench. The

\ said jaws are provided near their-opposite ends on their opposing sides with oppositelycurved recesses 12, which are milled or roughened on their opposing surfaces to enable the jaws to grab a pipe or other round object, the

said recess adapting the tool for use as a pipe- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 5, 1906. Serial No. 810.076.

The

Patented July 31, 1906.

object by appropriately turning the nut 8; The jaw 1 isprovided at one end with a pair of projecting lugs 13, which are spaced apart, are tapered outwardly on their outer sides to points. 14, and are wedge-shaped incross-sec tion, so that they are provided with edges 15 on the sides'corresponding with the inner side of the aw 1. The jaw 5 is provided at the corresponding end with a lug-'16, which is disposed opposite the space between the lugs 13, is beveled on its outer side, as at 17, to form a point 18, and is also beveled on the opposite sides to form a sharp edge 19 on the inner side thereof. The ends of the jaws, with the lugs 13 16, are employed to enable the head of a bolt embedded in a wooden object to be gripped in order to hold said bolt from turning, so that a nut may be taken from or applied to a bolt. In using the tool for this purpose the jaws will be opened to the required extent and the points .or lugs 13 16 driven into the wood on opposite sides of the bolt-head, and the nut 8 will then be turned to move the jaws toward each other and grip said lugs on opposite sides of the bolt-head in order to secure -the bolt from turning. It will be understood that the sharpened inner edges of the said lugs will greatly facilitate their frictional enga ement with the bolt-head and will enable t em to penetrate the bolt to a considerable extent, so as to enable them to grip the same between the jaws. It will also be understood that by having the outer sides of the lugs 13.

.16 beveled to a point the said aws are adapted to be readily driven into t e wood j resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 'ters Patent, is

1. A tool of the class described having a pair of jaws, one movable toward and from the other, means to so adjust the jaws, and lugs on one end of said aws adapted to be IIO I O0 and the minor details of construction may be driven into yielding material and provided at their respective edges, corresponding with the inner sides of said jaws, with edges to engage the bolt-head, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described combined monkeywrench, pipe-wrench and bolt-holder comprising the jaw 1 having the handle 2, the jaw 5 having the stern to operate in the socketin said handle, and means to adjust said jaws toward and from each other, the said jaws being provided in their opposing sides with recesses to fit and engage a pipe or other round object and being respectively provided at one end with lugs 13 and 16, the said lugs being oppositely beveled to provide sharpened edges on the sides corresponding with the inner sides of said jaws and being beveled on their outer sides to form points to facilitate their being driven into yielding material, the lugs 13 of the jaw 1 being spaced apart, and the lug 16 of the jaw 5 being disposed opposite the center space between said lugs 13 substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JARED MILLS.

Witnesses:

CARL NELSON, S. H. COLEMAN. 

